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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2019
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chad Georges Seguin, Campbell, CA (US);
James East, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Phillis, Campbell, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing an audio signal from a panel audio loudspeaker in a mobile device includes receiving information about a status of the mobile device from one or more sensors of the mobile device. The method further includes driving, with a first drive signal, a first actuator coupled to a display panel of the panel audio loudspeaker at a first location and simultaneously driving, with a second drive signal, a second actuator coupled to the display panel at a second location different from the first location. The method also includes varying a relative timing of the first and second drive signals based on the information about the status of the mobile device to vary a direction of an audio signal and/or a source location of the audio signal on the display panel.